Give Me The Bible
- Words:
- Priscilla J. Owens
- Music:
- E. S. Lorenz
Sheet music
- 1Give me the Bible, star of gladness gleaming,To cheer the wand’rer lone and tempest-tossed;No storm can hide that radiance peaceful beaming,Since Jesus came to seek and save the lost.Give me the Bible, Holy message shining;Thy light shall guide me in the narrow way;Precept and promise, law and love combining,Till night shall vanish in eternal day.
- 2Give me the Bible when my heart is broken,When sin and grief have filled my soul with fear;Give me the precious Words: Jesus spoken,Hold up faith’s lamp to show my Savior near.Give me the Bible, Holy message shining;Thy light shall guide me in the narrow way;Precept and promise, law and love combining,Till night shall vanish in eternal day.
- 3Give me the Bible, all my steps enlighten,Teach me the danger of these realms below;That lamp of safety o’er the gloom shall brighten,That lamp alone the path of peace can show.Give me the Bible, Holy message shining;Thy light shall guide me in the narrow way;Precept and promise, law and love combining,Till night shall vanish in eternal day.
- 4Give me the Bible, lamp of life immortal,Hold up that splendor by the open grave;Show me the light from heaven’s shining portal,Show me the glory gilding Jordan’s wave.Give me the Bible, Holy message shining;Thy light shall guide me in the narrow way;Precept and promise, law and love combining,Till night shall vanish in eternal day.
In the hymnals
- The words are in 75 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.